Category: Opinion
Five in-store demo tips every brand should know in the run up to Xmas
Helen Braybrook, staffing director at experiential agency Closer, provides some timely advice for brands seeking to connect with Christmas shoppers It’s that time of...
Take the fake out of political advertising
The following comment was written by Graham Temple, former Chairman of the Institute of Promotional Marketing, and published on The Drum. Whenever you come across an...
Gender stereotyping puts products before people – and consumers don’t like it!
Brands need to assume a people-first approach and stop using stereotypes in their advertising not just because it’s the ethical thing to do: there’s also a...
Improving the effectiveness of channel incentives
For brands and services that sell through third-party channels, creating a strong and effective incentive program delivers real benefits, says Adam Whatling of incentive...
Price vs. promotion: how to add value and keep credibility
Price cuts are short term responses which can damage brand values, says Chris Baldwin of Sodexo. Instead, brands should build value with intelligent promotional...
Achieving effectiveness
With Effectiveness Week 2016 starting on Monday, 31st October, Alan Lewis of PHL explores what goes into creating an effective promotion Effectiveness is described as...
Winning with the Internet of Packs
The Internet of Things is set to become a whole lot bigger as brand owners wake up to the possibilities offered by connected packaging, explains Jonathan Jackson of...
Retaining customers is a priority
Christian Hausammann of Snipp Interactive looks at how brands invest time and money in customer acquisition but neglect to invest in customer retention. A significant...
Growing convenience stores
Maria Sze, Managing Director at whynot! thinkpeople, has some advice for independent retailers on how to survive and prosper I love my local shop. Apart from stocking...
Beyond shopper demographics: moving from ‘who’ to ‘why’
Dec 20, 2016
Forget demographics – marketers need to be concentrating on shopper mindsets, says Chris Carter, of smp All too often, how marketers seek to understand shoppers...